Combination sad-iron and heater



No. 607,957. Patented July 26, I898 DE LEONARD RUGG.

COMBINATION SAD IRON AND HEATER.

(Application filed. May 11, 1897.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-$heet I INVENTOR No. 602957. Patented July 26, I898. DE LEONARD HUGH.

COMBINATION-SAD IRUN AND HEATER.

(Application filed May 11, 1897.) (No Model) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,957, dated July 26, 1898.

Application filed May 11, 1897. $erial No. 636,069. (No model.) I I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DE LEONARD RUGG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Catskill, in the county of Greene and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combination Sad-Iron and Heater, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to sad irons and heaters; and the object thereof is to provide an improved combination device of this class which is adapted to be used as a self-heating sad-iron when desired and which may also be used as a small gasolene or'oil stove or heater when necessary.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal central vertical section of my improved combination sad-iron and heater when used as a sad-iron; Fig. 2, a sectional plan View thereof; Fig. 3, a crosssection on the line 3 3 of Fig; 2; Fig. 4, a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the device when used as a heater or stove; Fig. 5, a plan view thereof, and Fig. 6 a cross-section through thereof is provided with a backwardly-dt rooted extension 9, to which is secured or on which is formed a valve-casing 10, between which and the body portion of the base7 is a space 11, and the valve-casing 10 is provided with an angular chamber 12 and a 1ongitudinally-movable screw-threaded valverod 13, which is adapted to close a port or passage 14, which opens forwardly in the di rection of the end of the base 7.

, The body portion of the baseor iron 7 is provided with a longitudinal chamber 15, and the side walls 16 thereof are corrugated or fluted at their tops, as shownat 1'7.

in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Passing longitudinally through the base 7 and through the central chamber and the rear wall 18 thereof is a pipe 19, which communicates with the angular chamber 12 in the valve-casing 10, and the pipe 19 passes through a notch or recess 20 in the front end of the base 7, and the end thereof is curved upwardly, as shown at 21, and secured thereto is a can or tank 22, which is adapted to hold gasolene or other light product of hydro carbon. 1

I also provide a burner which consistsof a tube 23, which is provided with an angular arm or extension 24,which passes through the rear wall 18 of the chamber 15 and is revoluble therein, and thearm or extension 24 of the burner-tube 23 opens directly in front of the port or passage 14 in the valve-casing 10, and said port or passage 14 is in communication with the angular chamber 12.

The burner-tube 23 is adapted to be turned downwardly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the bottom of said'tube when in this position is perforated, as is also one side thereof, as shown at 25 and 26 in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and the chamber15 in the base or iron 7 is provided with a detachable cover 27, the front of which is held in position by lugs or projections 28, beneath which it passes, as shown in Fig. 2, andthe rear end thereof is provided with a shoulder or projection 29, which rests in a notch orrecess 30 in the top of the end wall 18 of the chamber 15 at one side of said chamber, and passing through the said end wall 18 at the opposite side is a screw or pin 31, which enters a corresponding socket 32, formed in the end of the top plate 27, as shown The top plate 27 may, however, be held in position in any desired manner, and said top plate is provided at each end and centrally thereof. with upwardly-directed arms 33, which are connected the accompanying drawings and the followin g statement thereof.

There is a small cavity or receptacle 36 at the rear end of the base or iron directly under the projecting end of the arm, or extension 24 of the burner-tube 23, and in practice a small amount of oil or other material is placed in this cavity or receptacle and ignited, and at the same time the oil or gasolene is allowed to flow through the pipe 19, and the valve-casing 10 and the pipe 19 are heated by the burning material in the cavity or receptacle 36, and the oil or gasolene as it passes into said valve-casing is converted into gas, and then by manipulating the valve-rod 13 the gas is allowed to pass into the burnertube 23, where it is ignited and burns in the chamber 15.

In the position of the parts shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, and when the device is in tended for use as-a sad-iron the burner-tube is turned downwardly, and the burning gases pass through the bottom thereof and come in direct contact with the bottom of the chamber 15 and thoroughly heat the base or iron 7, and the gases also pass out through the perforations in one side of the burner-tube, as will be readily understood; but these perforations are intended principally for use when the device is used as a heater or stove, as hereinafter described.

It will be understood that the flow of the gas into the burner-tube may be controlled by the valve-rod 13, and this device is simple in construction and operation, and by means thereof the base or iron may be properly heated at all times, and at the same time the device may be used as a sad-iron in the usual manner.

In the construction shown in Figs. 4 to 6, inclusive, the top plate 27 is removed, and I substitute therefor a plate 37, which is much wider than the top plate 27 of the sad-iron and which projects over the base or iron 7 at the sides thereof, and this top plate is provided with arms 38, which are pivotal-1y connected therewith at 39 and which are provided with angular extensions 40, which are adapted to be passed through upwardly-directed lugs or projections 41, formed on the wall 18 of the chamber 15, and said plate 37 is provided with a transverse slot 42, through which said lugs or projections pass. The plate 37 is also provided centrally thereof with a longitudinal slot 43, which is directly over the burner-tube 23, and said plate is also provided at its forward end with a hinged supplemental plate 4.4, which is adapted to be turned up, so as to serve as a shield for the can or tank 22, and which is hinged to the plate 37 at 45. The plate 37 is a support for any article which it is desired to heat, and when this device is used as a heater or stove the burner-tube 23 is turned upwardly, as shown in Fig. 4E, and in this position thereof the perforations 25 are directly under the plate 37 or the slot 43, formed therein, while the perforations 26 are adjacent to the tube 19, and the. flame or ignited gases from the perforations 26 in the burner-tube 23 strike the tube 19, through which the gasolene or oil passes, and serves to highly heat said tube and also to convert the oil orgasolene therein into gas.

By means of this device a high degree of heat may be produced and articles of various kinds and classes may be heated, and various articles maybe cooked thereon when desired.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a sad-iron having a central chamber, adetachable plate adapted to close said chamber and means for projecting a flame either against the under side of said plate or the lower wall of said chamber, consisting of an angular projecting burner-tube provided on one side with a plurality of perforations, said tube communicating with an oil-supply pipe provided with means for generating gas and being mounted in a suitable opening, and

adapted to turn therein whereby the said tube is brought adjacent to the said detachable plate in one position and adjacent to the bottom of said chamber in the other position, the said perforations being so located that the flame will be projected either upon the said plate or bottom of said chamber respectively when the said burner-tube is adjacent thereto, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The herein-described sad-iron the same being provided with a central chamber, an oil-supply pipe mounted in the upper side thereof and communicating with a reservoir, an angular burner-tube mounted in a suitable opening in the rear wall of said chamber and communicating with said oil-supply pipe,

said burner-tube being adapted to turn in the 7 said opening whereby the same is held adjacent to the upper part of said chamber in one position and adjacent to the lower part in the other position, and being provided on one side with a plurality of perforations adapted to project a flame upwardly when in the upper part of the chamber or downwardly against the lower part of said chamber when the said tube is adjacent thereto, and a detachable plate provided with means by which it may be secured to the top of said sad-iron, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 6th day of May, 1897.

DE LEONARD RUGG.

Witnesses:

HOWARD O. WILBUR, GEO. W. PLUSET. 

